I'm so old I Remember when:

[Cynthia12]

Bone in chuck roast or sirloin steak being a regular item.

Not in my house. We lived in Florida. Fish. Crab. Shrimp.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I can remember when the first day of hunting season was a school holiday.

I think schools here are closed for a whole week during deer hunting (rifle) season. That's because most of the teachers hunt. We also have a youth season, a bow and arrow season, a black powder season, and (IIRC) an "alternate methods" seasons but I don't know if that means "all of the above" or what. DH and I don't hunt but everybody else in his family does. Seems like kids around here start at about age 6 but don't quote me on that one.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

"Two all beef patties,
Special sauce, lettuce, cheese,
Pickles, onions
On a sesame seed bun."

 

[BigBlueHen53]

"My balogna has a first name,
It's O-S-C-A-R;
My balogna has a second name,
It's M-E-Y-E-R.
I like to eat it every day,
And if you ask me why I'll say,
'Cause Oscar Meyer has a way
With B-O-L-O-G-N-A!"

 

[BigBlueHen53]

"Plop, Plop, Fizz, fizz,
Oh what a relief it is!"

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Ok, I'm done. Thankya, thankya verra much.

 

[Cynthia12]

I think schools here are closed for a whole week during deer hunting (rifle) season. That's because most of the teachers hunt. We also have a youth season, a bow and arrow season, a black powder season, and (IIRC) an "alternate methods" seasons but I don't know if that means "all of the above" or what. DH and I don't hunt but everybody else in his family does. Seems like kids around here start at about age 6 but don't quote me on that one.

They used to call it Deer Season .. school out. Now they just call it fall break. I used to hunt.

 

[Nomadicus]

Not in my house. We lived in Florida. Fish. Crab. Shrimp.

I was born and raised in FL and we used crab and shrimp for bait to catch good fish. Dad ate liver and I refused as the more I chewed it the bigger it got. We did eat chuck roast cut up into small pieces for beef stew. I ate whatever was on the table or go hungry. I ate the vegetables if liver was the meat. Fried chicken was my special delight. I was introduced to sirloin when I started dating my wife. Her dad cooked a mean sirloin on the grill. We had neighbors who cooked their chitlins in the early morning hours so no one would smell the stench. l remember so many things that people did to survive the 50's and heard from parents what people had to do to survive the 30's and 40's and maybe that's why I have no sympathy for the generations that whine and squall it they don't get what they want when they want it.

 

[pertnear09]

Oxen, still being trained and used here in the USA, and elsewhere. DH had more than one team, and we belong the the Midwest Ox Drovers Association. Fun!
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John and Walker, our last team. 2800 pounds each! At an 'old time' gathering in Wisconsin, years ago.
Mary

I know nothing about oxen. Are they a friendly animal? I hope they are at that weight.

 

[Nomadicus]

I know nothing about oxen. Are they a friendly animal? I hope they are at that weight.

They are just a well trained 4 year old or older steer. That is what I think I remember being taught by a guy that trained oxen. I took photographs for him when he was showing them. He didn't call them oxen until they were broke for the yoke. He was using Brown Swiss the dual purpose beef animal for the breeding.